Gustave hood



G. HOOD.

LOOK FORPOGKET BOOKS.

Patented Mar. 23, 15%36.

INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE HOOD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO DANIEL M. READ, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

LOOK FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,4;12, dated March 23, 1886. Application filed January 26, 1886. Serial No. 189,880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, GUSTAVE H001), of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Looks for Pocket- Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved sliding lock, shown as applied to a pocketbook and unfastened. Fig. 2 is a section of the same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same taken through the line a; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the reverse side of the same, the inner stationary plate being removed. Fig. 5is a plan view of the reverse side of the same, the in ner and locking plates being removed. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the reverse side of the slotted plate. Fig. 7 is a plan View of the reverse side of the sliding plate. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the slotted plate, taken through the line 12 c, Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the sliding plate, taken through the line w w, Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the locking-plate. Fig. 11 is a plan View of the slotted key-plate. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the inner stationary plate. Fig. 13 is a plan view of the stud and stud-plate.

The object of this invention is to provide locks for pocketbooks simple in construction, neat in appearance, and conveniently operated, and which shall have no projecting parts liable to wear or tear the pockets.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the lock, as will be hereinafter fully described.

to the corners of the said plate. In the plate 0, upon the opposite sides of and equally distant from its central line, are formed two slots, D, of such a width and at such adistance apart that the flanges of the plate B can be readily passed through them.

The plate A is secured to the plate 0 by a key-plate, E, placed upon the center bar of the plate 0, and made of such a width as to fit in between the flanges of the plate B, beneath the inwardlybent edges of the said flanges, as shown in Fig. 5. The ends of the key-plate E rest in recesses in the inner side of the plate 0, to keep the said key-plate in place. In the upper end of the keyplate E is formed a semicircular notch, F, to prevent the said end from obstructing the perforation G, formed through the upper part of the outer stationary plate, 0, to receive the locking stud, hereinafter described. The perforation G is made in such a position that it will be uncovered by the downward movement of the sliding plate A, as shown in Fig. 1 so that the operator can readily see when the stud is in proper position to pass through the said perforation.

In the key-plate E is formed a longitudinal slot, H, for the passage of the pivot-pin I, the

end of which is rigidly attached to the center bar of the plate C, at the center of the said plate 0, so that the said key-plate E can be readily put in and taken out.

The pin I passes through a hole in the center of the circular locking-plate J, and is loosely headed down at the outer side of the said locking-plate, so as to secure the said locking-plate in place and allow it to have a rotary movement upon the said pin I. The

rotary movement of the locking-plate J is limited by a pin, K, attached to one of the flanges of the plate B, and which passes through a short inclined slot, L, in the said lockingplate J.

In the upper part of the locking-plate J is formed a curved perforation, M, in such a position as to be opposite the perforation G in the stationary plate 0. The end of the perforation M that is opposite the perforation G when the locking-plate J is at the limit of its rearward movement is made large enough to receive the head of the locking-stud, while the rest of the said perforation is made of such a size as to receive only the neck of the said Stud.

N is the inner. stationary plate, which is made of the same shape and size as the outer stationary plate, 0, and is secured to the inner side of the flap of the pocket-book by the same rivets that secure the outer stationary plate to the said flap.

In the upper part of the plate N is formed a perforation, O, of the same size as the perforation G, and in such a position as to be directly opposite the said perforation G.

P is the stud, the inner end of which is secured to a base-plate, Q. The base-plate Q is perforated to receive rivets,by means of which it is secured to the side of the pocket-book that is covered by the flap. and in such a position that it can be readily passed through the perforations in the stationary plates N O and in the flap of the pocket-book between the said plates, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

With this construction the downward movement of the sliding plate Awill cause the pin K to give a rearward rotary movement to the locking-plate and bring the larger end of the perforation M opposite the perforations in the stationary plates 0 N, so that the stud Pcan bereadily passed through the perforations of the said plates. The sliding plate A is then moved upward, which causes the pin K to give a forward rotary movement to the loeking-plate J and bring the narrow part of the perforation M around the neck of the stud P, locking the pocket-book.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sliding lock constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the sliding plate A, provided with the flanged plate B, having pin K, the outer stationary plate,0, having slots D, and provided with acentral pivot-pin, I, attached to its central bar, the key-plate E,having end n0teh,F, and central slot, H, to fasten the sliding plate in place, the rotary looking-plate J,pivoted to the pin Land having graduated perforation to receive the stud 1?, and inclined slot L to receive the actuating-pin K, the inner station ary plate, N, having perforation O, and the stud I, having a neck whereby the lockingplate will be rotated to fasten and release the stud by the longitudinal movement of the sliding plate, as set forth.

2. In a slidinglock, the combination, with the stationary plate 0, having stud-receiving perforation near its upper end, of the downwardly-sliding outer plate,A, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said stud-receiving perforation will be uncovered by the downward movement of the said outer plate in unfastening the lock, as set forth.

3. In a sliding lock, the combination, with the pivoted locking-plate J, having graduated perforation M and inclined slot L, of the longitudinal sliding plate A, carrying a pin, K,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the longitudinal movement of the said sliding plate will givea rotary movement to the said lockingplate, as set forth.

Signed this 23d day of January, 1886.

GUSTAVE HOOD.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, RUBY B. WILsoN. 

